RICHARD III Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom ARCHIVE OF 62 STILLS & PORTRAITS

62 Original 10 inch x 8 inch Black and White Stills and Portraits for the 1955 Laurence Olivier Historical Drama RICHARD III, based on the play by William Shakespeare and starring Laurence Olivier as Richard, Duke of Gloucester, John Gielgud as the Duke of Clarence, Claire Bloom as Lady Anne, Ralph Richardson as the Duke of Buckingham, Alec Clunes as Hastings, Cedric Hardwicke as Edward IV, Nicholas Hannen as the Archbishop of Canterbury, Stanley Baker, Laurence Naismith as Stanley, Norman Wooland as Sir William Catesby, Mary Kerridge as Queen Elizabeth, Pamela Brown as Jane Shore, Helen Haye as the Duchess of York, John Laurie as Lord Lovel, Esmond Knight as Ratcliffe, John Phillips as as Norfolk, Russell Thorndike, Andrew Cruickshank as Brackenbury, the Lieutenant of the Tower of London, Clive Morton as Rivers, Richard Bennett as George StanleyDouglas Wilmer as Dorset, Michael Gough as Dighton, Michael Ripper as Forrest, George Woodbridge, Patrick Troughton, Stanley Baker, Bernard Hepton, Andy Shine as the Duke of York and Paul Huson as the Prince of Wales.

The stills include 3 with LAURENCE OLIVIER as director (one with associate producer ANTHONY BUSHELL), a portrait of Portrait of production supervisor JOHN GOSSAGE and 11 publicity stills of NORMAN WOOLAND who plays Sir William Catesby

Many of the portraits are either by Norman Hargood or Ted Reed with their stamps on the reverse

The rise and fall of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, whose Machiavellian schemes secure him the throne of England, but at what cost to its reputation?

The stills and portraits are in very good condition, many with synopses tacked to the reverse.